Chloé Zhao's Nomadland: the politics of the Other
Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland: the politics of the Other Nomadland is a tale of the Other. In Chloé Zhao’s latest film Nomadland, Fern (Frances McDormand) starts a seemingly endless journey through Central America in her van, working seasonal jobs to keep herself afloat after the town that she lived half of her life — a company town, where all residents worked for the state’s largest gypsum company, the United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) — shuts down after the economic recession. The van is her new home, as is the case for other nomads, alienated by the neoliberal economic system. N...